I have counters on the index (home) pages of my websites (and even on this blog). That way I can see how many people come to visit on a daily/weekly basis.
It's no surprise that my Lorna website gets the most hits, and it's pretty steady. (That's unique visitors.) I sure wish it was more, but I'll take what I can get.
Unfortunately, my other two personas don't get those kinds of hits. It's discouraging to me, because I've been shouting from any rooftop I can find that I'm writing under three names. Lorraine's site is doing eh-okay. L.L.'s site ... you don't want to know. This pie chart isn't accurate, but it's not too far off, either.
This is rather discouraging. Especially since Lorraine has a new book coming out Februray 7th.
I put my website address on all my promotional material. I list them in the acknowledgments in all my books. I would expect that more people would seek the sites out.
Do you think the golden age of websites is over? What do you like to see in an author's website?
(Just in case you want to visit my websites to compare them, you can find them by clicking my various names: Lorna ~ Lorraine ~ L.L. )
I really enjoy your blog and do make a point on viewing your author web sites each day.
One thing that I noticed on the Lorraine site is the for your new book The Walled Flower is that you have excerpt coming soon and that has been up there for a long time.
I know that I enjoy and base my purchases on reading excerpts, even if I have been reading the series. Amazon does not always have a Look Inside so I like when an author does post a least part of a chapter of their book.
Posted by: Trice | January 17, 2012 at 08:37 AM